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Here are the facts. I'll try keep it as unbiased as possible to get some honest feedback from other investors.Last year I met an investor who was flipping houses in Phoenix. I connected with him by email a couple of t...
My father is interested in possibly getting a retirement home close to the Ocean. What markets close to the ocean would be the most affordable for both retirement and getting a few buy and hold cash flow investments ...
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Coming across this website and the Financial Independence subreddit, I've gotten an itch to increase my rental real estate portfolio to start generating residual income. My wife and I sat down together to look at our...
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Has anyone cashed out their 401k to try and get a greater return on their money and use the proceeds to invest in RE? I have contemplated doing this.
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Hello BP World,Just starting a forum to track my story about using a strategy i learned about from @Seth Williams. Pretty much it is about using public information from county's around the US to gain access to the tax...
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After hanging around these forums for about half a year now, I've noticed that the word "Guru" gets tossed around quite a bit, and (understandably) not in a good way. It's a label that tends to be used interchangeably...
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Hi bigger pockets, I am a new aspiring real estate investor looking to venture into the STR market. I’ve done some research via articles and podcasts (thank you bigger pockets) and feel all that’s left Is to jump in. ...
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What single piece of advice would you give to a newbie to share the hind sight you've no doubt experienced by this point. Knowing what you know now, what would you have done?
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Ok. Hypothetical. You have $10,000,000 to deploy. You have to deploy it right away or you lose the money. What would you put it into? (it should all go in one asset type and class). My hope is that this helps people s...
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OK, I recently got into the business...and when I say recently, I mean like 2 months ago. I haven't put a deal together yet but, I was wondering if any of you guys could tell me what you think the most important firs...